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INSIDER Reveals Iran’s Breaking Point

2026-03-08 Entertainment
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Jason Rezaian, a Washington Post reporter who was imprisoned in Iran for over a year, joins Court Accountability Action’s MacKenZie Rumage to talk about the death of Ayatollah Khamanei, and the outbreak of war with Iran. Jason and MacKenZie talk about how Iranians have reacted, whether they can trust President Trump to put their needs first, and what may come next for the country. Jason, the Director of the Press Freedom Initiatives for the Post, also talks about what he sees as threats to the fourth estate both at home and abroad. Court Accountability Action Linktree: https://linktr.ee/courtaccountability Jason’s articles from the Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/jason-rezaian/ Jason on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rezaian/  Jason on Twitter: https://x.com/jrezaian?lang=en  Jason’s book, PRISONER: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/prisoner-jason-rezaian?variant=32130072313890 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Become a member of Legal AF YouTube community: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJgZJZZbnLFPr5GJdCuIwpA/join Become a member of the Legal AF Substack: https://michaelpopok.substack.com/20off Follow Legal AF on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/legalafmtn.bsky.social Follow Michael Popok on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mspopok.bsky.social Subscribe to the Legal AF podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/legal-af-by-meidastouch/id1580828595 Subscribe to the Intersection with Michael Popok podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-intersection-with-michael-popok/id1818863274 Subscribe to Unprecedented with Michael Popok and Dina Doll podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unprecedented-by-legal-af/id1867023089 Subscribe to Court of History with Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-court-of-history/id1867022920

Top Comments (10)

@nanceallegretti393 2026-03-08

Iran trust Trump? Americans can't trust Trump! There's no legitimate reason for this war! It's illegal & unconstitutional!

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@The_Tiffster 2026-03-08

America isn't even a legitimate democracy - who the hell are they to demand that others rise to a standard that they can't even meet???

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@sumiland6445 2026-03-08

My doctors in California were brothers from Iran. Wonderful, gracious, generous people. I miss them so! I can't imagine how this effects them.

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@MartinSmith 2026-03-08

WHEN Reagan was President, IRAN refused any terms of surrender ⚠️‼️ And THEY are NOT going to give TRUMP a say in WHO is Leader, either ⚠️‼️

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@Robbin-q1r 2026-03-08

The same rules should apply to Israel and the US. They are all running amuck!

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@maquismaven3590 2026-03-08

I would think that no American would be safe in Iran after this.

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@maxfastest 2026-03-08

There are only about 15 people in the usa that are responsible for this war action And their day is coming !

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@benketengu 2026-03-08

Iran had a democracy till the CIA stepped in in 53 .In 1953 the CIA under Eisenhower overthrew the democratically, elected government of Iran and put in an authoritarian monster. As a teenager I remember reading about the Shah's secret police doing Epstein type things to protesters babies, other unspeakable acts. I am an American teenager with these things in the Charlotte observer, and the day is leading up to the overthrow of the CIA post government in 79. The Iranian people have the right to choose their own government, when the majority of the population decide to change it they will do it, they've done it before, unless of course, a superpower steps in. In case you didn't know the reason for the CIA overthrowing democracy, Was that the elected Prime Minister felt beholden to his constituents this he nationalizing the oil industry to use the money for the benefit of the total population, not just a few. Our American oil companies, British petroleum, Dulles couldn't handle that and had to get rid of democracy.

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@vernonlomax1721 2026-03-08

Last night I watched a 2-hour documentary on the history of Iran. It was fascinating with such a rich mixture of regional cultures. I wish the best for the Iranian people. However, I do know what the UK and the USA did to the last democratically elected president to get control over Iran’s oil. Trust is extremely difficult to regain, once broken. And how hard have we really tried to regain that trust?

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@AnneNovelly 2026-03-08

Jason - I hope you are able to keep doing it! Readers need your reports. Best wishes from 🇦🇺

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